The next-door neighbor called 911 after three of the children showed up on his doorstep early Tuesday morning.

"Hello. They just tried to break in our front door to get in, I guess to get away from her or whoever's got the gun," said the neighbor to 911. "So I grabbed my gun and ran outside, and one of them is laying there, bleeding right there at our front door."

"He's bleeding at the front door? Is he still there?" asked the 911 operator.

"No, he went back home," said the neighbor.

"He went back in the residence?" asked the 911 operator.

"I guess. I don't know who has the gun, so I'm not walking out there," the neighbor said. "I'm armed, but I'm not going out there and putting myself in danger."

Gunshots can be heard on the 911 recording as the neighbor was speaking to operators.

"Now there's more gunshots," the neighbor said.

One of the calls released is made from Thomas herself a month before the shooting. Thomas told the 911 operator that she was afraid of Jaxs Johnson.

"My son just assaulted me. He started to kick and punch at me," said Thomas to the 911 operator. "As I was walking out of the room, he started to grab me, so I grabbed him back, and we fell to the floor and he started to punch me."

Jaxs Johnson was due in court Tuesday on the criminal charges that he assaulted his mother.

Officials said the autopsies are under way, but will not be completed for some time.

Cause Of Shooting Unclear

Thomas sent a text message to someone at 4 a.m., telling them she wanted to be cremated with her children, according to Sheriff's Office spokesman Tod Goodyear, but the friend did not read the text until 7 a.m.

Officials said they believe that Jaxs Johnson was the first one shot. He was found in his bed.

A neighbor told deputies that Joel Johnson, Jazzlyn Johnson and Pebbles Johnson knocked on the front door about 4 a.m. Joel Johnson told the neighbor he had been shot, according to deputies. Pebbles Johnson had likely already been shot, as well, but the neighbor only noticed that Joel Johnson was bleeding.

Officials said the mother then called the children back into the house, and they obeyed. Joel and Jazzlyn walked back into the home, but investigators believe Pebbles did not make it back inside. She was later found lying dead in the front yard.

Lt. Tod Goodyear of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said they received a call before 5 a.m. from the neighbor reporting the incident. More gunfire was heard after authorities arrived. At 5:26 a.m., one last shot was heard, which was likely the shot that killed Tonya Thomas. Deputies said her wound appeared self-inflicted.

After finding Pebbles Johnson's body, SWAT officers then entered the home to find the four other family members dead.

The father of the children, Joe Johnson, did not live in the house, but does live in the area.

Joe Johnson said he is concentrating on planning the funerals.

Family members said a public viewing will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the St. James AME Church on Dummitt Avenue. The funeral for the four Johnson children will be held open to public at 4 p.m. Monday at the Temple Baptist Church on North Washington Avenue.

A burial fund has been set up at Chase Bank under the name, Johnson Children Burial Fund.